The Decline of the West

The Decline of the West (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes) is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler, the first volume of which was published in the summer of 1918. Spengler revised this volume in 1922 and published the second volume, subtitled Perspectives of World History, in 1923.

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Civilizationational studies:

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:* Giambattista Vico: Vico wrote Scienza Nuova positing an three stage rise and decline pattern which pertains to every nation's historical path. He was the pioneer of ethnology as a discipline of study.

Related Topics:
Giambattista Vico - Scienza Nuova - Ethnology

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:* Nikolai Danilevsky: a conservative Russian ethnologist, Danilevsky pioneered the use of biological and morphological metaphors in the comparison of cultures.

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:* Arnold J. Toynbee: Toynbee wrote a similar comparative study of the rise and decline of civilizations, A Study of History, somewhat concurrently with Spengler, which was released much later, around the conclusion of World War II.

Related Topics:
Arnold J. Toynbee - A Study of History - World War II

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:* Fernand Braudel: Braudel wrote a comparative history of civilizations during the Cold War in his A History of Civilizations.

Related Topics:
Fernand Braudel - Cold War - A History of Civilizations

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:* Samuel Huntington: professor Huntington wrote the Clash of Civilizations, a comparative look at civilizations in the post-Cold War international relations order. His work has been likened to Spengler's.

Related Topics:
Samuel Huntington - Clash of Civilizations

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Cultural criticism:

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:* Francis Parker Yockey: Yockey wrote Imperium, shortly after WWII, which expands upon Spengler's critique of materialism and rationalism.

Related Topics:
Francis Parker Yockey - Imperium

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Race and the state:

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:* Friedrich Ratzel

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:* Rudolf Kjellén

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Spengler's philosophical background:

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:* Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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:* Friedrich Nietzsche

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Other thinkers influenced by Decline:

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:* Paul Nitze: author of NSC-68, a foundational document in the U.S. Cold War strategy of containment.

Related Topics:
Paul Nitze - NSC-68 - Containment

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:* Shamil Basayev: Chechen warlord given Decline as a gift by a Russian radio journalist. He reportedly read it in one night and settled on his plan to organize life in Chechnya.{{fn|1}}

Related Topics:
Shamil Basayev - Chechen

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:* Kerby Anderson: author of The Decline of a Nation, argues cycle of national decline in seven stages with biblical and social science references.

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